** Gnus changes.
-Gnus, the Emacs newsreader, has undergone further rewriting. Many new
-commands and variables have been added. There should be no
-significant imcompatabilities between this Gnus version and the
-previosly released version, except in the message composition area.
+*** nntp.el has been totally rewritten in an asynchronous fashion.
-Below is a list of the more user-visible changes. Coding changes
-between Gnus 5.1 and 5.2 are more extensive.
+*** Article prefetching functionality has been moved up into
+Gnus.
-*** A new message composition mode is used. All old customization
-variables for mail-mode, rnews-reply-mode and gnus-msg are now
-absolete.
+*** Scoring can now be performed with logical operators like
+`and', `or', `not', and parent redirection.
-*** Gnus is now able to generate "sparse" threads -- threads where
-missing articles are represented by empty nodes.
+*** Article washing status can be displayed in the
+article mode line.
- (setq gnus-build-sparse-threads 'some)
+*** gnus.el has been split into many smaller files.
-*** Outgoing articles are stored on a special archive server.
+*** Suppression of duplicate articles based on Message-ID.
- To disable this: (setq gnus-message-archive-group nil)
+(setq gnus-suppress-duplicates t)
-*** Partial thread regeneration now happens when articles are
-referred.
+*** New variables for specifying what score and adapt files
+are to be considered home score and adapt files. See
+`gnus-home-score-file' and `gnus-home-adapt-files'.
-*** Gnus can make use of GroupLens predictions:
+*** Groups can inherit group parameters from parent topics.
- (setq gnus-use-grouplens t)
+*** Article editing has been revamped and is now usable.
-*** Picons (personal icons) can be displayed under XEmacs.
+*** Signatures can be recognized in more intelligent fashions.
+See `gnus-signature-separator' and `gnus-signature-limit'.
- (setq gnus-use-picons t)
+*** Summary pick mode has been made to look more nn-like.
+Line numbers are displayed and the `.' command can be
+used to pick articles.
-*** A trn-line tree buffer can be displayed.
+*** Commands for moving the .newsrc.eld from one server to
+another have been added.
- (setq gnus-use-trees t)
+ `M-x gnus-change-server'
-*** An nn-like pick-and-read minor mode is available for the summary
-buffers.
+*** A way to specify that "uninteresting" fields be suppressed when
+generating lines in buffers.
- (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'gnus-pick-mode)
+*** Several commands in the group buffer can be undone with
+`M-C-_'.
-*** In binary groups you can use a special binary minor mode:
+*** Scoring can be done on words using the new score type `w'.
- `M-x gnus-binary-mode'
+*** Adaptive scoring can be done on a Subject word-by-word basis:
-*** Groups can be grouped in a folding topic hierarchy.
+ (setq gnus-use-adaptive-scoring '(word))
- (add-hook 'gnus-group-mode-hook 'gnus-topic-mode)
+*** Scores can be decayed.
+
+ (setq gnus-decay-scores t)
-*** Gnus can resend and bounce mail.
+*** Scoring can be performed using a regexp on the Date header. The
+Date is normalized to compact ISO 8601 format first.
- Use the `S D r' and `S D b'.
+*** A new command has been added to remove all data on articles from
+the native server.
-*** Groups can now have a score, and bubbling based on entry frequency
-is possible.
+ `M-x gnus-group-clear-data-on-native-groups'
- (add-hook 'gnus-summary-exit-hook 'gnus-summary-bubble-group)
+*** A new command for reading collections of documents
+(nndoc with nnvirtual on top) has been added -- `M-C-d'.
-*** Groups can be process-marked, and commands can be performed on
-groups of groups.
+*** Process mark sets can be pushed and popped.
-*** Caching is possible in virtual groups.
+*** A new mail-to-news backend makes it possible to post
+even when the NNTP server doesn't allow posting.
+*** Process mark sets can be pushed and popped.
-*** nndoc now understands all kinds of digests, mail boxes, rnews news
-batches, ClariNet briefs collections, and just about everything else.
+*** A new mail-to-news backend makes it possible to post
+even when the NNTP server doesn't allow posting.
+*** Process mark sets can be pushed and popped.
-*** Gnus has a new backend (nnsoup) to create/read SOUP packets.
+*** A new mail-to-news backend makes it possible to post
+even when the NNTP server doesn't allow posting.
-*** The Gnus cache is much faster.
+*** A new backend for reading searches from DejaNews has
+been added.
-*** Groups can be sorted according to many criteria.
+ Use the `G n' command in the group buffer to create such
+ a group.
- For instance: (setq gnus-group-sort-function 'gnus-group-sort-by-rank)
-
-*** New group parameters have been introduced to set list-address and
-expiry times.
-
-*** All formatting specs allow specifying faces to be used.
-
-*** There are several more commands for setting/removing/acting on
-process marked articles on the `M P' submap.
-
-*** The summary buffer can be limited to show parts of the available
-articles based on a wide range of criteria. These commands have been
-bound to keys on the `/' submap.
-
-*** Articles can be made persistent -- as an alternative to saving
-articles with the `*' command.
-
-*** All functions for hiding article elements are now toggles.
-
-*** Article headers can be buttonized.
-
- (add-hook 'gnus-article-display-hook 'gnus-article-add-buttons-to-head)
-
-*** All mail backends support fetching articles by Message-ID.
-
-*** Duplicate mail can now be treated properly. See the
-`nnmail-treat-duplicates' variable.
-
-*** All summary mode commands are available directly from the article
-buffer.
-
-*** Frames can be part of `gnus-buffer-configuration'.
-
-*** Mail can be re-scanned by a daemonic process.
-
-*** Gnus can make use of NoCeM files to filter spam.
-
- (setq gnus-use-nocem t)
-
-*** Groups can be made permanently visible.
-
- (setq gnus-permanently-visible-groups "^nnml:")
-
-*** Many new hooks have been introduced to make customizing easier.
-
-*** Gnus respects the Mail-Copies-To header.
-
-*** Threads can be gathered by looking at the References header.
-
- (setq gnus-summary-thread-gathering-function
- 'gnus-gather-threads-by-references)
-
-*** Read articles can be stored in a special backlog buffer to avoid
-refetching.
-
- (setq gnus-keep-backlog 50)
-
-*** A clean copy of the current article is always stored in a separate
-buffer to allow easier treatment.
-
-*** Gnus can suggest where to save articles. See `gnus-split-methods'.
-
-*** Gnus doesn't have to do as much prompting when saving.
-
- (setq gnus-prompt-before-saving t)
-
-*** gnus-uu can view decoded files asynchronously while fetching
-articles.
-
- (setq gnus-uu-grabbed-file-functions 'gnus-uu-grab-view)
-
-*** Filling in the article buffer now works properly on cited text.
-
-*** Hiding cited text adds buttons to toggle hiding, and how much
-cited text to hide is now customizable.
-
- (setq gnus-cited-lines-visible 2)
-
-*** Boring headers can be hidden.
-
- (add-hook 'gnus-article-display-hook 'gnus-article-hide-boring-headers)
-
-*** Default scoring values can now be set from the menu bar.
-
-*** Further syntax checking of outgoing articles have been added.
-
-The Gnus manual has been expanded. It explains all these new features
-in greater detail.
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